B: RAP LTD

Registered charity 1115990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BIRMINGHAM RACE ACTION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

brap is an equality and human rights based advisory organisation. We are based in Birmingham and work locally, regionally and nationally. We were established in 1999 to provide a progressive and evidence-based approach to mitigating inequality and discrimination. Our mission is to help people, communities and the organisations that serve them to turn equality into reality.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY TO:ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND ENCOURAGE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY;PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR A RANGE OF EXCLUDED GROUPS (IN RELATION TO RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, RELIGION OR BELIEF AND GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT);PROMOTE ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;CULTIVATE A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.BRAP WILL ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ONLY WHEN THE ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL NOT DOMINATE THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT IN ORDER TO DIRECTLY FURTHER ITS OBJECTS AND AIMS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£940k
Latest spending
£951k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a FuseSign electronic signature log and does not contain the charity's financial accounts or narrative. Therefore, no information regarding financial health, reserves, or operational performance is available for analysis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£940k
Total spending
£951k
Reserves (reported)
£844k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£940k£951k
31/03/2024£1.1m£922k
31/03/2023£642k£732k
31/03/2022£726k£655k
31/03/2021£873k£549k

Common questions

Is B: RAP LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a FuseSign electronic signature log and does not contain the charity's financial accounts or narrative. Therefore, no information regarding financial health, reserves, or operational performance is available for analysis.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2020£166kTitle Back to Future - Equalities practice for a new generation
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch21/11/2019£66kB: Rap Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2019£50kCivil Society Futures Next Steps (Development Grant) (inc Leadership scoping)
The National Lottery Community Fund02/11/2016£114kLiving Apart Together
The National Lottery Community Fund24/04/2012£182kHeart to Heart - social support for a healthier heart and longer life
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2012£9kBack on Track
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/08/2011£50k"The Human Right Track"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2009£242kEnhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of the BME Third sector
The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2007£635kLIFT
The National Lottery Community Fund07/06/2006£150kONe Birmingham - Your Future

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRENT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
B: RAP LTD£940k——unclear—no doubt
BRENT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH LONDON PARTNERSHIP CONSORTIUM LIMITED FY2025£368k—0unclear—no doubt
BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.0m——unclear—no doubt
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£823k——unclear—no doubt
LIBURY HALL FY2025£2.2m£60,000 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.